Information and IdeasVery hardCentral idea of a dense argumentative passage
Information and Ideas practice question
The word 'restoration' flatters what we do to old buildings. A building is restored to a moment, and the moment is chosen: the medieval church stripped of its Georgian pews and Victorian glass is not returned to the past but delivered to a preference, and the preference is ours. What the restorer removes is as much the building's history as what he keeps, and a church that has been made to look like 1350 tells you, above all, about 1985.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. Restoring a building to a chosen period expresses the restorer's own era and erases parts of the building's history.Correct
- B. Medieval churches should keep their Georgian pews.
- C. Restoration always improves a building.
- D. Buildings should never be repaired.
Answer: A. Restoring a building to a chosen period expresses the restorer's own era and erases parts of the building's history.
A moment chosen by us; removals are history too.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Medieval churches should keep their Georgian pews.
- One example, not the main idea.
- C. Restoration always improves a building.
- The reverse.
- D. Buildings should never be repaired.
- Not argued.
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